Civil War Begins

Going into the Civil War, what advantages and disadvantages do you think both the North and the South have?

"I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.

Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations and had never recanted them; and more than this, they placed in the platform for my acceptance, and as a law to themselves and to me, the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read:

Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.:

Based on this quote from Abe Lincoln, what was his original view of slavery in the South?

President Lincoln ordered the Union to not fire until the Rebels had fired first, why do you think that he ordered them to do this?

Why do you believe Lincoln had issues recruiting soldiers from border states? (light blue states)